A penguin named Patience : a Hurricane Katrina rescue story

Resource Information

The work A penguin named Patience : a Hurricane Katrina rescue story represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

A penguin named Patience : a Hurricane Katrina rescue story

Title remainder

a Hurricane Katrina rescue story

Creator

• Lewis, Suzanne, 1954-

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Author

• Lewis, Suzanne, 1954-

Subject

• Electronic books
• Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Juvenile literature
• New Orleans (La.) -- Juvenile literature
• African penguin -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Juvenile literature
• Penguins -- Juvenile literature
• Animal rescue -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

Patience is a South African penguin. She is small at roughly 6 pounds and approximately 20 inches tall; but at 24 years old, she is the 'penguin in charge' of the penguin exhibit at New Orleans's Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hits, devastating the city and surrounding areas with its catastrophic winds and flooding. The aquarium is severely damaged. With no electricity or relief in sight, the temperature in the aquarium reaches dangerously high degrees, putting the penguins in peril. Patience, and the 18 other penguins, along with some of the other zoo animals, must leave their home and their favorite human, Tom, the penguin keeper. Tom drives his penguins to Baton Rouge where an airplane transfers them to the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. Here the penguins will recuperate and live until they can return home to New Orleans. After nine long months away from Tom and their home, the aquarium is finally restored. And Patience, who has been patient, and her penguins return to New Orleans to a cheering homecoming

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

598.4709763/35

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

juvenile